Gradescope (Turnitin) / gradescope.com
AI-powered grading platform for higher education that groups similar student responses for batch grading, enables rubric-based grading at scale, and reduces grading time for programming, math, and essay assignments.
Pricing
Free
Free plan
No
Category
Education
Platforms
1
Free plan
No
API access
No
Open source
No
Platforms
1
Gradescope is a grading platform used by universities to streamline the grading of exams, problem sets, and programming assignments. Its AI features address one of the most time-consuming aspects of university teaching — providing consistent, timely, meaningful feedback on large classes of student work.
AI grouping identifies similar student responses to free-response questions and groups them for batch grading — a grader applies the same feedback and score to all responses in a group at once. For a 200-student exam where 60% of students make the same conceptual error, Gradescope groups these together so the grader applies feedback once rather than 120 times.
Rubric creation and application allows instructors to define grading rubrics once and apply them consistently across all submissions. Rubric items can be applied to grouped student responses, making consistent feedback easier than grader-by-grader manual assessment.
Programming assignment grading uses automated test case execution to evaluate student code — running test cases against each submission and scoring based on test pass rates. For large programming courses, this automated grading scales to thousands of submissions without human grader overhead for correctness assessment.
Scanning workflow converts paper exams to digital submissions — students write on paper, the exam is scanned, and Gradescope assigns pages to questions for digital grading. This bridges paper-based assessment with digital grading workflow benefits.
Gradescope AI runs as ml platform software built around text and code workflows. Users typically start with a prompt, upload, or connected data source, and the underlying model handles the heavy lifting before returning a result you can refine or export. It's available on web.
The capabilities that matter most for teams evaluating Gradescope AI.
Identifies similar student responses to free-response questions and groups them for batch grading, applying consistent feedback and scores to groups rather than grading individually.
Instructors define rubrics applied consistently across all submissions, with rubric items applied to grouped responses for efficient consistent feedback at scale.
Runs student code submissions against defined test cases, scoring based on test pass rates for programming assignments without manual code review overhead.
Included with many university site licences. Per-course and institutional pricing. Contact for pricing. Acquired by Turnitin in 2018.
Model
Subscription
Starting price
Free
Free trial
Yes
Canvas SpeedGrader provides basic grading within the Canvas LMS. Crowdmark provides a competing digital grading workflow. GitHub Classroom provides programming assignment management. Turnitin provides plagiarism detection alongside Gradescope's grading.
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Key facts about model providers, platforms, and team support.
Model Provider
Gradescope
Platforms
Web
Deployment
SaaS
Integrations
Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, Coursera, API
Team Collaboration
Yes
Launch Year
2021
Compliance signals and data-handling notes as reported by the vendor.
FERPA compliant. SOC 2 Type II. GDPR compliant. Educational data handled under Turnitin/Gradescope academic data protection standards.
Student assignment and grade data handled under FERPA and applicable student data privacy laws. Turnitin group data handling policies apply.
Editorial Verdict
Gradescope is the standard AI grading platform for higher education used at 900+ universities, best for instructors running large courses who want to reduce grading time while improving consistency and feedback quality.
Last verified July 24, 2026.
Gradescope is used at over 900 universities including MIT, Stanford, and Carnegie Mellon, with millions of students having their assignments graded through the platform.
Included with many university site licences. Per-course and institutional pricing. Contact for pricing. Acquired by Turnitin in 2018.
Educational resources and research tools largely free. Specific courses and professional programmes vary. Most resources publicly available.
FERPA compliant. SOC 2 Type II. GDPR compliant. Educational data handled under Turnitin/Gradescope academic data protection standards.
Standard university data handling. Open educational resources under creative commons. Research data subject to individual project terms.
Student assignment and grade data handled under FERPA and applicable student data privacy laws. Turnitin group data handling policies apply.
CMU handles student and research data under standard US university privacy frameworks. Open course materials and research publications are publicly available without personal data requirements.
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